Endrick, Palmeiras forward and future Real Madrid player, heads the list of the ten most important football players in the 2024 Brazilian Championship, which includes two Uruguayans: Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Nicolás de la Cruz.
These are the ten players with the highest market prices who will enter the fray starting this Saturday in the Brazilian League, according to the specialist platform Transfermarkt:
1
Endrick
55 million euros
The young Palmeiras forward was instrumental in achieving the League (2023) and Paulista Championship (2024) titles. When he turns 18 on July 21, he will head to Real Madrid, meaning he will miss the second half of the season with the São Paulo team.
2
Andrew
25 million
The 22-year-old midfielder is a fixture in the eleven of Fluminense, champions of the Copa Libertadores in 2023. His defensive prowess has allowed him to start entering call-ups with the senior Brazilian team.
3
Peter
22 million
After overcoming a serious knee injury, the forward became the reference point for Flamengo’s attack, leaving Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ on the bench. He is a pure 9, muscular and has a lot of sense in the area.
4
Raphael Veiga
18 million
He is the conductor of Palmeiras and the best interpreter in the field of the philosophy of Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira: direct football and verticality. He also has a purpose. Despite being a midfielder, he has scored seven goals in the 13 games he has played so far this season.
5
Luis Guilherme
17 million
He is another great pearl of Palmeiras, along with Endrick. He is 18 years old and can operate on both ends of the attack. In his case, he has not yet signed for any European club, although he has been scouted by some of the most powerful, according to the Brazilian press.
6
Giorgian de Arrascaeta
15 million
The 29-year-old Uruguayan playmaker is a Flamengo idol. With him, a golden era began in 2019 for the Rio club where they won two Libertadores and two Ligas in the last five years, among many other titles.
7
Gerson
15 million
The Brazilian midfielder missed almost the entire preseason with Flamengo due to kidney surgery and is working hard to anticipate his return. In Rio de Janeiro he returned to the national team level, after his careful time at AS Roma and Olympique de Marseille.
8
Paulinho
15 million
Like Gerson, the Atlético Mineiro attacker regained his smile in his home country. From Vasco da Gama he made the jump to Bayer Leverkusen, but he did not fully adapt and returned to Brazil. Now he forms a deadly duo with Hulk in the team of Belo Horizonte, a candidate to win the Libertadores 2024 and now led by the Argentine Gabriel Milito.
9
Gabriel Moscardo
15 million
The 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder has signed for Paris Saint-Germain, who have loaned him to Corinthians until the middle of this year. He is currently in the final stages of his rehabilitation process, after undergoing surgery to correct a foot problem.
10
Nicolas de la Cruz
14 million
Flamengo’s new signing for this season, the Uruguayan midfielder decided to leave River Plate to sign for the most famous club in Brazil. He fits perfectly into coach Tite’s scheme and already has his first title with the red and black team: the Carioca Championship 2024. ‘Fla’ paid River 16 million euros of the international’s termination clause at Celeste.
Source: La Verdad
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